“Booksmart” breathes fresh air into the coming of age genre
It is almost impossible to say something new in the genre of coming-of-age films. They always inevitably need to tick…
Childhoods are shattered in Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum
Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum begins with a shocking scene – a streetwise twelve year old Zain sues his parents for bringing…
Turkish family broken apart – Wild Pear Tree review
Comparing any film maker to Andrei Tarkovsky always seems like very risky business. The Russian director is considered to be…
Cinecity – Birds of Passage review
The team behind Embrace of the Serpent has returned with a new work which employs western and gangster film genres…
Salem Witch trials retold – Assassination Nation review
Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation plays a dangerous game of using the language it also satirises. Levinson’s film is a stylistically…
Widows – Inheriting crime
Steve Mcqueen’s latest film is a bold move from slow-burn dramas with a strolling pace into the department of fast…
CINECITY – Legendary director’s experiment fails: The Image Book
The French New Wave adored video essays as the form of expression. Video essays were the form of expression adored…
Tarkovsky’s sci-fi classic comes back to the big screen
Picturehouse’s ‘Spaced’ season screened Tarkovsky’s much revered Solaris. Beautifully shot, the film begs to be enjoyed on the big screen…
Revisiting Steve McQueen’s cinematic world
Steve McQueen is a member of the rare species of those established gallery-based artists that made a successful transition to…
What to watch at Brighton Film Festival? #2
Apart from showing the mainstream flicks, Brighton Film Festival allows you to go off the beaten track and watch something…
What to watch at Brighton Film Festival? #1
Films festivals often allow watching great films months before their regular releases. Here are the five films screened at the…
Mark Cousins’s mission of retelling the history of cinema
Although female directors are finding more and more space for their works in the contemporary film industry, there is still…
“Climax” review – The return of the French provocateur
The newest film from the notorious Gaspar Noé was so critically acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival that the director…
Maniac: a madcap adventure into troubled minds
With the release of Maniac, Netflix once again proves itself as an artistic powerhouse. This mini-series is a whirlwind of…
American Animals: the quasi-documentary that packs a punch
Half-documentary, half-crime-drama, American Animals is an innovative piece of work. Under Bart Layton’s precise direction, this challenging style heightens the…
INCREDIBLES 2: The Sequel with a Feminist Twist
One key film in the development of anyone who grew up in the early 2000s was The Incredibles (2004). It’s…